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New Challenges in Global Politics
New Challenges in Global Politics
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1
What is the name of the first black South African President?
Thabo Mbeki
Robert Mugabe
Nelson Mandela
2
In what city is the European Commission installed?
Bruxelles
Barcelone
Strasbourg
The Hague
3
What is the most populated Muslim-majority nation today?
Iran
Egypt
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
4
Which country has the largest number of English speakers?
United States
China
Australia
India
5
Today world population is?
Urban
Rural
6
Of the following countries, which one is a declared nuclear power?
Iran
Japan
Israel
Pakistan
7
What is the FARC?
An extremist British animal right organisation
The Brazialian air-controller trade union
The ruling political party in South Korea
Colombia's biggest guerilla organisation
8
In the 20th century...
Four times
Eight times
Twice
9
Which of those are EU members which have not adopted the Euro?
Britain, Sweden, Norway
Sweden, Britain, Denmark
Denmark, Luxemburg, Portugal
10
Which language is the mother tongue of the largest number of EU citizens?
Spanish
English
German
French
11
Who are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council?
China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
Russia, United States, Germany,India, Japan
United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, France
United States, France, Germany, India, Canada
12
Approximately what percentage of the world's population lives on less than $1.25 per day?
50%
10%
25%
75%
13
In which West European nation lives the biggest Jewish minority?
Germany
France
The Netherlands
The United Kingdom
14
Number of people affected by disasters in developing countries is X times higher than in rich.
150
5
50
15
What percentage of the world's population has access to Primary Education? Secondary? Higher?
60 / 40 / 15
70 / 25 / 5
90 / 10 / 1
50 / 25 / 10
16
According Forbes, who is the world's wealthiest person?
Carlos Slim
Amancio Ortega
Bill Gates
Mark Zuckerberg
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According to critical alternative views, what is poverty?
Lack access to resources, opportunities and income.
All of the options given are correct.
A monetary condition brought about by people's own laziness.
Condition wher people dont have enough to satisfy BasicNeeds
18
In which city is the International Criminal Court situated?
Rome
Geneva
The Hague
New York
19
What is the most widely spoken language in the world?
English
Mandarin Chinese
Arabic
Spanish
20
Is it the richest per capita country more than 800 times richer compared with the poorest?
True
False
21
What percent of the U.S. Government budget is devoted to foreign aid?
10%
5%
More than 25%
Less than 1%
22
Which African country has the biggest economy?
Nigeria
India
Egypt
South Africa
23
Of the following countries, which are members of the NAFTA?
Mexico, Canada and the United States
The United States, Canada and the United Kingdom
The United States, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
24
What are, in order, the most populated nations today?
China, India, the United States
China, the United States, Japan
India, China, Brazil
The United States, China, Japan
25
Has inequality between 20% of the world's richest and 20% of the world's poorest changed?
It has been decreasing.
It has stayed the same.
It has been increasing.
It has fluctuated over the years.
26
The World: Are Things Getting Better or Worse?
Better
Worse
27
When was the WTO founded?
1999
1947
1982
1995
28
Who was the 1st president of a country ordered to be arrested by International Criminal Court?
Radovan Karadžić of former Yugoslavia
Omar Hassan al Bashir of Sudan
None of them
Augusto Pinochet of Chile
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Which of these countries is a better Official Development Aid donor (percentage of GDP)?
Norway
Canada
France
United States